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Could someone help me with a Quebec Surname
« on: Wednesday 21 April 21 18:07 BST (UK) »
I get very confused with dit in French surnames and I thought it meant also known as because there were lots of people with the same last surname but I could be totally wrong on that.

As a example Edouard Lalonde dit L'esperance marries
Marie Madeline Messier dit Duchesne dit St-Michel in 1743.

I cannot find any records of either of them marrying before.
 

I also noticed that some parents have dit but some of their children dont and some do.

If someone could explains Marie's surname it would be greatly appreciated.

Jim

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Re: Could someone help me with a Quebec Surname
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 21 April 21 18:18 BST (UK) »

I think “dit names”,  are secondary family names associated with a primary name, sometimes even replacing it.

i. e "Dit" in French means "say" and in this example/context, it means "called." In other words, a person might be Pierre Bourbeau dit Lacourse, which means that he had an ancestor named Bourbeau, but he chooses to use the name Lacourse instead.

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Re: Could someone help me with a Quebec Surname
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 21 April 21 19:07 BST (UK) »
Thank you Sandra


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Re: Could someone help me with a Quebec Surname
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 21 April 21 21:48 BST (UK) »
Thank you so much
That helps me alot.